Sanitary butter container



July 13, 1937. H, REzbs 2,087,117

SANITARY BUTTER CONTAINER Original Filed Aug. 23, l954 2"SheetsSheet 1 EUI SYQFe /3O-S July 13, 1937. 1.. H. REZOS l 2,087,117

SANITARY BUTTER CONTAINER Original Filed Aug. 25, 1954 2 sheets-sheet 2 \i V n l oul-s F306 ings, wherein: I

/ my invention applied to a dish suitable for use device taken on line 2 52 of Figure 1:

refrigerating medium or device.

e Figure 4 is a central vertical sectional view of a modified form of the invention, and y Figure 5 is a central vertical.sectionalrview of a further modification showingmy invention em.-

bodied infa cabinet form of deviceespecially, suitable for hotel and restaurant use. f As illustrated in Fig. 1' my improved-sanitary butter dish may take the form of a cup of mm-e or less conventional and attractivefdesign'having a base I bowl 2 and stern}, The cup may be made of glass; metalor' any' othersuitable" 'materiaLf but for 'the' sake of general v attractive ness will" preferably bi formed "of nickel or 'Ger a chambers which maybe-used as a heat in'g sulating air space or for-the receptionbfcracked other suitable f ice, Dry Ice, re'frigerant coil-or Chamber 5 is heat insulated bysuitablefibroiis or other insulating material 6 lining the outer i of' thin-metalv p v of. butter will be immediately presented atthe Within chamber S there is positioned aplunger' '10 upon which the butter or other substance tobe stored and dispensedfiis adaptedto be-plac'ed, This plunger iii-is slidable within chamber 9 and may be'raised therein to the top of thechar'nbe'r" andrer'novedentirely therefrom for 'cleaning -"I'n use the plunger I0 is raised graduallyifrom its" lower position to present one'layer or portion of butter:'afterf 'another. at or'slightly above thetop surface of the cup, and maybe withdrawn into chamber :ilgas soon-as the desired quantity-of;

metal'wall l, the-inner wall 8 being and defining an inner-storage chamber'ih' butter has. been obtained therefrom.-"-

In order .toqnaintain the butter upon" the" plunger l0 inp proper position and-prevent it from 1 transverse movement which would'dnterfere with the sliding dispensing'movement of the plunger provided with spaced p andin rodsorbars ll. 1oz;

For; the, greatest convenience in serving. the pat of butter may be sliced transversely byithe usual l0, the latter is preferably wire slicing frame or othersuitable-means andupperedge iv mh fl-x r To providejaccessto thechamber 5, in the forms of the device in which-ice pr other refriger ant-.is'u'sed', the cup maybe,provided 'witha cover 12 secured by a suitable'hinge 4 tothe cup; -'I'he;e; cover is provided with heat-insulatinglining 13' which may be similarto the lining 6.

inwardly whilethe bars extend beyond the j top .of the .cu'pg' 't e doors automatically closing when" 1 the manger-m chamberS." v o p The n'i'ansiforraisingand'lowering the'sup-" port It! is concealed within the dish or container and bars H are withdrawn'into igure 3 is a similar view taken on line of Figure 1.

, 2,087,117 tion are clearly shown in the accompanying draw'-' I and may beof any suitable mechanical construc* tion that is adaptable 'to the structure and shape of the particular dish to which the invention is applied. In the butter cup which I have selected as an illustrative embodiment of my invention and as its preferred form of construction; a simple and- 'eflic'ient opetatingmeans comprises a rod l6 secured to the support It and having a rack oformed upon its surface. Rod I6 is positioned between and in gear relation with a driving gear I'T and an idler gear 18. The gear ll may be rotated, manually either directly or through an intermediate gear 19 by a small hand crank 25 extended through an opening in the .stem 3 of o the cup. The elevator rod I6 is moved vertically jbyrotationof gear" and is held in proper vertical alignment between the gears I1 and la, the latter being provided solely for this purpose. The

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- open top'of the'inner (storage) chamber 9; For greater convenience in serving it-is preferable to provide means for further slicing the'butterinto squares as it is thus dispensed. For this purpose I secure'in'the open top of chamber San open wire slicing frame which may be removably fastened to :'frame is formed of crossed wires-or-blades 'and; being open-permits the bars ll to pass upwardly elevator means isenclosed within the dish and is 2o, When'th'e device is tobe usedior storing and f dispensing butter-a blockoi' pat of butter is first f fi'sliced transversely into a --plurality of parallel 'fflslices" which-form horizontal layersflwhen the hinged doors l5'they are op'nedand, ifthe but;

' ter is packed to the top of the bars; the top layer 3 the cover lzbeneaththe'doors l5 by catches or any other'suit'able fastening means. This'slic'ing through it. The removable slicing frame 'ma'y be omitted if desired." 1 1:31 7 The bars ll terminate at' or below-'the'junction cover ,may be raised withoutidifiiculty when the support I0 upon whichbars II are carriedisin its zlowered positiom v :5 The .support l0, uwhen moved to any position ---by gear |'|,is retained in-itsadjusted'position .through the: frictionalcengagement" of the gears engagement may be insufiicient; and especially in may take the form of=a-spring ring (not'shown') line of. the.bowlg2- and-its cover'-'l2, so that the ,bearing against the-crank and runctioning'zto hold the crank in adjusted positionimmediatelya, be ade lwith the support -I.0 and its bars ll fitting with a substantially V snug slidingengagement within chamber-9, as in' ,-and the rod. l6; In cases wheres-this frictional" then placed upon plunger 10 within the, barsgi I As the plungeris movedupwardly one horizontal v containers of large size and capacity a special layer after another, may-be exposed -beyondath stop means of conventional form associated with the gears or with crank 25 may be provided, This Fig. 4,;thepreferred form of my invention is slightly difierent in' this respect, the inner cham-- ber 9 being somewhat larger in;-jc'ros,s+sectional ,area than Jthe; support 10 as illustrated in-Fig.- 1. I:

,on hooks20 provided for this purpose.

any other desired shape, as the shape of this The Space'be'tween thelchamber wall and bars ll 3 may bejutiliz edfor storage oi the slicing frame or y framesfand buttertongs, which maybesuspended The'chainber 9 is preferably square or rectan- ;.gular incrossesection-but may be circular or oi when an outer chamber is provided, it may likewise be of any suitable shape.

The device, whether formed with an outer chamber or merely with heat insulating walls en- 6 closing the inner chamber, may be made in various sizes and shapes. The container illustrated in Fig. 1 is in the form of a butter dish or cup adapted and intended for table use.

In larger sizes the container may be made in cabinet form, as shown in Fig. 5. The cabinet device, as shown, is constructed in the same general manner as the table device shown in Fig. 1, the cabinet being preferably supported on legs 3| and the operating means for elevating the support being concealed within the lower part of the device. In this form of construction, generally of larger capacity, I prefer to use a 'refrigerating coil 50 to supply the refrigeration. The butter may be out and placed in trays 40 slidably positioned on shelves 4| secured to bars H and removable when the support I0 is elevated. Or, if desired, the form of butter supporting and slicing means shown in Fig. 1 may be used in the cabinet *iorm as well. It is to be understood, of course, that the form "of device shown in Fig. 5 may be used with ice instead of the refrigerating coil or even without a refrigerating medium of anykind, the heatinsulating walls, when refrigerant is used, acting to maintain foods or beverages of any kind within chamber 9 in their original hot or cold condl- 5 tion.

I claim:

1. A butter dish comprising walls defining an outer refrigerating chamber and an inner storage chamber open at its top. a support vertically 1O slidable in said chamber, spaced bars on said support for retaining butter against. transverse movement on said support, a hinged closure for the open top of said inner chamber adapted to be engaged and opened by said bars, and means for 15 slidably moving said support. I

2. A butter dish comprising walls defining an outer refrigerating chamber and an inner storage chamber open at its top, a support vertically slidable in said chamber, means carried by said 20 support for retaining butter thereon, a closure for the open top of said inner chamber adapted to be engaged and opened by said retaining means, and means for slidably moving said support. 25

LOUIS H. REZOS. 

